house of study

or House of Study

noun

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of house of study

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby house of study

house of lords, house of peers, house of prayer, house of prostitution, house of representatives, house of study, house of the people, house of the seven gables, the, house of worship, house officer, house organ

Example sentences from the Web for house of study

The well-to-do householders—sons of the Law—assemble in the house-of-study, a large one with piles of books!
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
The Chassidim kept their eye on him, and persecuted him, and he was not even allowed to pray in the house-of-study.
Yiddish Tales|Various
She takes two gulden for washing the floor of the house-of-study—not enough for dry bread—and he, what can he do?
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
In the house-of-study was an old split stove, of which Yssil was the official heater.
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz

He had to be brought into the house-of-study (the Hekdesh was no longer in existence), and there he died!
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz

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